Investment ideas on the art market. Thought number 2. Investments in the work of Oleg Tselkova

ARTinvestment.RU – 30.07.2008,06:59

OLEG Tselkov Five persons. 1980. Oil on canvas. 200 x 160. Estimeyt: 170-220 thousand pounds. Sale price: 223 194 pounds. MacDougall's. 15.06.07. Lot number 262. The highest auction price recorded for the artist's work

Tselkov Why? The artistic value. Polarity of audience ratings, as elsewhere, is well seen in the response to the creativity Oleg Nikolayevich Tselkova (b. 1934) Some sincerely shocked the courage and energy «mutant», the second was not understood the success of these ohalnyh birth. Either way, either edak. It does not matter which of these audiences more. Naturally we assume that viewers who feel uncomfortable in the presence of many works Tselkova, still the majority. Also have the right. Let. Perfectly understandable. Much more important that there is no indeterminate relationship type «rather like it, than no» or «a little bit like, but ...». But everything else - the new fee, fee for the talent, the perseverance to approve an unusual topic for your patience and tolerance to criticism. And fees for success, finally.

In career terms is rather a portrait balovnya destiny. Judge for yourself: a man is not against the political system to belyaevsky Bulldozer plener not go out in Manezh with Khrushchev not to argue, revealing articles on the west not to publish - a word, not a dissident, dissent, except in the works, not posted. Nevertheless, the progressive gathering was his. He was popular, and in general is always a welcome guest at the sitting of intellectuals. But as an artist was, and is Moden: in Tushino it drove customers himself a poet Yevtushenko. Yes, rare exhibition of progressive physicists to finish to close in the first 15 minutes vernisage - is really the time and postrashnee things happen. There was no money, period, but then he changed the relative phase of commercial success, when the price of a painting, even at a discount to its much higher than the monthly salary of Soviet engineers. And with the recognition of informal and has not needed special preferences to the system.

But the most important artist of luck - in another. Already in 1961 Tselkov found its backbone topic - face-mask-masks. Others are looking for for decades, experimenting, find (if found) to forty years, and even at the end of life. A further thirty Tselkovu was not, and - found. Almost dreamed. Lucky? Of course, luck. But luck is also needed to curb. Another would cover over time, rushed to the experiment, «divided» would be valuable and less valuable periods. A Tselkov - no. Artist out a vision, but rather the worldly grasp the idea utsepitsya «masks» and more fundamentally changes nothing. For half a century ranged parts (add axes, knives, forks, chairs, butterflies, cats and other pins, nails and rope), much has changed and evolved over the palette, the size grew dramatically (museum work Tselkova have a gigantic size, a few meters). But the main «face-mask» remained unchanged. The result - an absolute visibility, a large market of comparable quality and the lack of very much pronounced «periodnosti» (ie the single division on a valuable and low periods, although collectors have noted that the most powerful work Tselkov created in the 1970's - 1980's). All this together creates a predictable investment and serious business front - a wide field for the imagination of collectors and to the work of art dealers.

There is another nuance, which is not so much to creativity as to the prevailing realities of life. If the right to speak, by the «Pont». Pictures Tselkova well saved - enough to see them at least once to the question of authorship does not arise. To recognize Tselkova You do not need to be frequent visitors to museums. In addition, it is well known that his picture of the artist as the first of several rather expensive. In short, Tselkov - it is noticeable, it is prestigious, it is a status. In case you can easily please their owner's knowledge, and the guests did not show a sign of the sin of his success. Tselkov appropriate and in the office, and at the reception, and in the apartment and country house. Of course, in each case, you need to find the correct story, but more on that below.

OLEG Tselkov collection. 1988. Oil on canvas. 100 x 100. Estimeyt: 60-80 thousand pounds. Sale price: 72 thousand pounds. Bonhams. 26.11.07. Lot number 145. One of the best works from appearing on the auction

Investment Risks. In terms of the investment risks of the Tselkova too find. The risk of forgery is minimal, if anyone, and the risk, what that argument. To begin with, with all the seeming simplicity of the composite picture Tselkova not too easy to forge. This is a long painstaking work, with lots of details, transitions, which easily give someone else's hand. Finally, color, background color - the most difficult material to forgers. Secondly, to confirm the authorship and the artist can be - thank goodness, Tselkov live-sound. And yet, this artist has a book in which most of the 1960's, he writes the settings of his pictures and record the name of their first customers. This methodical record of our spontaneous Sixties led unit. And the thing that opens the way to systematize the full heritage, not only to create a catalog of reasons, but also to put a reliable barrier to «malfunction».

In terms of it turns out that the real investment risk when dealing with things Oleg Tselkova only two. The first danger - much overpay for a job well done. The second danger - to buy something relatively weak, which means less liquidity.

True, both cases expressly say, not lethal. On digesting inflated prices will go well, longer, and the poor thing would be resold to longer and harder.

In addition, their investment risk is attributed soon the inevitable decline in the number of high-quality works available in the market. In an interview Tselkov let out: «I have quite a lot of pictures on his hands. Western museums they do not rush, the same picture I do not give, and offer to buy. A "buy" and "Gift" - are very different things. But give me uninteresting, since in Europe, my art is not so clear as in Russia ». But it did four years ago, a lot of water has passed under the bridge. It is still strong and significant works appear in major auctions. Collectors can even choose on the principle of «the best - the enemy of the good». But this situation did not last long. Maybe another year, one and a half. And then - an acute shortage, as has already happened with other «non» artists of the first row.

Investment potential and prognosis ARTinvestment.RU. If I had to exchange a list of «blue chips» for Russian postwar art, the Tselkov perhaps the only one who unequivocally could still lead a roster of . From a market point of view of the work Tselkova have everything you need: a bright recognizable style, wide range and the relative mass (of which there is a choice), a successful auction history, a clear career path (there is no suspicion of imitation «promotion »).

In fact, «blue chips» usually do not grow rapidly, there is no lag undervalued - that is really fail for the relative reliability. That is, push possible, but without the drama. For creativity Oleg Tselkova ARTinvestment.RU a normal price «career» characteristic of works of recognized artists - 20-25 per cent per annum. And to the best of things and Masterpieces - more than 50 percent a year.

On the whole, is recognize that Tselkov - it is very convenient for the artist beginning investors. We need to seriously try to like it very much irreversibly naportachit investment in his work relative to investment risks, we have estimated a version of «discarded money» in this case, it is difficult to imagine even hypothetically. Another point is that even the average working Tselkova is not cheap: the account is in the tens of thousands. A better and far are in the range of 200-450 thousand dollars. And this is perhaps the main problem for novice investors. But still it is not yet a million. However, in the medium term to ensure all are - and will be a million. And maybe even sooner than we think.

OLEG Tselkov The woman with the cat and the butterfly. 1988. Oil on canvas. 190 x 235. Estimeyt: 60-80 thousand pounds. Sale price: 164,8 thousand pounds. MacDougall's. 30.11.07. Lot number 356. An example of the best quality and size, optimal for the museum collection

We also expect that within a year the market will greatly cleaned circulating volume of work is top quality. They osyadut in assemblies, there is a deficit that would inevitably noticeable price jump. In short, those who plan to incorporate work Tselkova in the collection and investment assembly is hurry.

Tips investors. What are the selection criteria can be recommended? To work, it was easier to resell, you'll need to stick to a neutral topic (so that the mask was not completely terrible, and no other storylines «crime»). Plus is a preference for bright colors - especially good at Tselkova gradients of blue and purple, however, less purple interior, it is usually difficult to «write» the premises. Another look at the size. Not purchased for the museum and sold to the museum, so is the preferred size of meter to meter, meter twenty or fifty-meter (if space allows, although the latter is already too much). Anything larger would be more difficult to sell. «Granulate», of course, also do not need it, Tselkov artist not a chamber, and not «Dutchman», hence the modest size of the visually exciting lose. Of course, you need to pay attention to the year of establishment. Better to have been the seventies-eighties (remember that expertise collectors consider this period the most powerful) ... But really really depend on the period is not, remember that quality is preferable to creating a good year. Finally, not to make mistakes, the standard advice: Keep an eye on indicators of investment risk for Tselkova site ARTinvestment.RU, the view of the Expert Council are aware.

What books and articles to read?

• Oleg Tselkov /Oleg Tselkov. Publisher: Bonfil , 2002, ISBN 5-93085-016-X. You can buy here ;


• Vladimir Maximov. THE EXHIBITION OF THREE: MIHAIL CHEMIAKIN: OLEG TSELKOV: ERNST NEIZVESTNY: MARCH 21 - APRIL 20, 1979. You can buy here ;


• Alekseev V. «Tselkov - you are a genius!» The price of square centimeters of paintings //Nezavisimaya gazeta. 22 October 2004. Read can here ;


• Biography Oleg Tselkova site ARTinvestment.RU;


• Statistics auction sales of works by Oleg Tselkova website ARTinvestment.RU .

Vladimir Bogdanov